4.5.2016
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 119/113
5.
Member States shall provide for the controller to communicate the rectification of inaccurate personal data to the
competent authority from which the inaccurate personal data originate.
6.
Member States shall, where personal data has been rectified or erased or processing has been restricted pursuant to
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, provide for the controller to notify the recipients and that the recipients shall rectify or erase the
personal data or restrict processing of the personal data under their responsibility.
Article 17
Exercise of rights by the data subject and verification by the supervisory authority
1.
In the cases referred to in Article 13(3), Article 15(3) and Article 16(4) Member States shall adopt measures
providing that the rights of the data subject may also be exercised through the competent supervisory authority.
2.
Member States shall provide for the controller to inform the data subject of the possibility of exercising his or her
rights through the supervisory authority pursuant to paragraph 1.
3.
Where the right referred to in paragraph 1 is exercised, the supervisory authority shall inform the data subject at
least that all necessary verifications or a review by the supervisory authority have taken place. The supervisory authority
shall also inform the data subject of his or her right to seek a judicial remedy.
Article 18
Rights of the data subject in criminal investigations and proceedings
Member States may provide for the exercise of the rights referred to in Articles 13, 14 and 16 to be carried out in
accordance with Member State law where the personal data are contained in a judicial decision or record or case file
processed in the course of criminal investigations and proceedings.
CHAPTER IV
Controller and processor
Sec ti on 1
G e ner a l o bl iga tio ns
Article 19
Obligations of the controller
1.
Member States shall provide for the controller, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of
processing as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to
implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure and to be able to demonstrate that processing is
performed in accordance with this Directive. Those measures shall be reviewed and updated where necessary.
2.
Where proportionate in relation to the processing activities, the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall include
the implementation of appropriate data protection policies by the controller.
Article 20
Data protection by design and by default
1.
Member States shall provide for the controller, taking into account the state of the art, the cost of implementation
and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity for
rights and freedoms of natural persons posed by the processing, both at the time of the determination of the means for
processing and at the time of the processing itself, to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, such
as pseudonymisation, which are designed to implement data protection principles, such as data minimisation, in an
effective manner and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing, in order to meet the requirements of this
Directive and protect the rights of data subjects.
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